I often get asked how results from coaching get measured. How does one know that the coaching worked? What is success? What does success look like? How is it measured? The answer is very subjective. In individual coaching It depends on the individual and what he or...
It’s a new year, and for many, that means a recommitment to resolutions made in a moment of celebration and excitement (however you celebrated New Year’s Eve). In my earlier post, I wrote that I start the planning process much sooner than now. What is required now...
2016 was a busy year. For some it was a difficult year. Many are calling it a bad year. I don’t personally feel that way, though I have a different perspective to it. Either way, it feels like a good time to stop and take a breath and reflect on all that has...
A few weeks ago I ran and finished my 2nd Chicago Marathon. I ran it 4 minutes faster than the first one. While that sounds like a lot of time for an elite athlete to make up, it was not that much time for the speed I run. I actually thought I was doing better than I...
When I was 15, I saw a documentary called So you Want to be an Actor. It was about the Acting program at the DePaul Theatre School. (To date the DTS is still around and very active). After I watched it, I decided that was where I was going to go to school. In...
A perspective, according to Google, is defined as “a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.” All of us have a perspective or a way of seeing the world through our relationship with it. We have a perspective regarding...
Author’s Note: I wrote this article 5 years ago, and reading it today made me realize that it’s still relevant and still difficult, yet something worth practicing. I wanted to share it again. For the past several weeks, I have felt a sense of wanting to...
Time: we made it up, you know? We determined how the days and weeks and months were chopped into tiny segments of seconds and minutes and then became slaves to the round, tiny face attached to our wrist (though today it’s the cell phone). Recently when I was traveling...
I’ve been with Living Forward for almost three months now, and I feel that together Suzanne, Lou, and I have accomplished a lot in a short span of time. Living Forward is in the process of creating new programs in order to reach larger audiences and continue teaching...
If you have watched any news over the past few weeks, you may feel like I do: “What the heck is going on? Where is all of this leading to?” You may also feel anxiety, fear, hopelessness, or anger. I catch myself somewhere between anger and sadness. I’m sad...
